Friday, March 3, 2017

Tabula Rosa Systems Blog And Term Of The Day - Fake News - A Must Read

One of most repeated catch term of our current political landscape is Fake News. It is attributed to President Trump and has now gone beyond America's borders to places from Europe to China. It is now becoming overused. It is useful for all to have an accurate definition so below you have one!

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from www.whatis.com

Fake News

Fake
news is an inaccurate, sometimes sensationalistic report that is
created to gain attention, mislead, deceive or damage a reputation. Unlike
misinformation, which is inaccurate because a reporter has confused facts,
fake news is created with the intent to manipulate someone or something. Fake
news can spread quickly when it provides disinformation that is aligned with
the audience's point of view because such content is not likely to be questioned
or discounted.

In recent
years, the internet has provided a low-cost distribution channel for fake
news. Posting fake news in discussion forums, website comment fields, blogs
and social media websites requires little, if any, technical know-how. Social
media websites in particular have proved to be an easy venue for distributing
fake news. Bogus stories can be tweeted or posted from a mobile smartphone
and quickly distributed to a large audience through retweets and sharing.

Although
some creators and distributors of fake news have political or social agendas,
others are more entrepreneurial, using fake news that appeals to recipients
on an emotional level to make money from digital advertising placed around
the content. When fake news is used to spread propaganda, it can be
dangerous. In addition to shaping public opinion and behavior, it can also
cause mistrust, encourage dissent and deflect attention from real news.

In
response to criticism about failing to curb the distribution of fake news
during the 2016 presidential election in the United States, Facebook and
Google have taken steps to crack down on disinformation. They have formed a
coalition called First Draft and are working with major media outlets to
educate Internet users about how to spot fake news. They are also working
with third parties to create independent fact-checking websites and are
exploring ways to identify and label news stories that can not be verified,
much like the way Wikipedia editors label entries they feel should be
questioned.

On the
internet, news that is created with the intent to deceive often has poor
grammar and misspelled words; it may use racial language or have an excessive
number of capital letters and exclamation points. To verify the accuracy of a
news story, it can be useful to query a search engine in order to confirm
that legitimate, traditional news sources are also covering the story; fake
news stories often have only one source. Another strategy for identifying
fake news is to check the host site's domain name and URL. Often, fake news
will appear to have a legitimate-sounding domain name, but will have a URL
that ends in .com.co or another unusual suffix.

Unlike other areas where machine learning
algorithms have been used successful, such as image recognition or natural
language processing, there are fewer patterns to rely on with fake news. AI
tool developed will need to have a component of judgment, something today's
AI isn't quite capable of achieving.

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